Fabric.



' members WTF'K m s J in FRANK J CROUCH, Ol" SEATTLE, WASHIlllil'iON, ASSIGNOR THO iPlIRDS TO JAMES A.

BECKER AND flAR'lLEY B. SMITH, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

FABRIC.

LI-lo. 929,290.

ilgngliestisn To (ZZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that-d, citizen of the Unite l Ste Seattle, in the county of Kin snd' State of Visshingtonls lLlHiC, of use we lOllOY-MD tion.

This invention relates to elsstie met fsln'icssueh as use, soil. in ol bed. bottoms, couches, and tl'iel my 7 l vElie ob ect 01' the nwention is to peeloco {L l'shi'n: oi t.- 18 chore 'zte-r that .hsll be slow o of {'O11Sti110i-.)11, oll ciont and durab e which like eoznespondis a, View in side elem.-

swings wills Q characters of ing ports: Figure 1 0 tion of s seetion of elastic ishi'io eonsti'ucted in oeco with the presoi'it invention.

h1g2, is s perspective (let "l View of one of the filler links. Fig. 3 is s smnloi View of one of the starting links.

0 of interlinked G1 intertell The lshr loo-noel Ste-1" loops 1, filler t lines 3, end ens" "on Wl QF i T 1 1 x? H. m 0 new nller .i-i cons sts I s of EESlllGllfi; Wire bent on itself to length which (i: thence bent right angles l bent at right and in opposi' on eppro February 2:, 2999.

.slso gives s pr loops 13 disposed at right angles to the plane of the yoke, soil thence projecting in opposite dimetions and. approximately at right angles to the yoke, the terminals of the memiei s being formed into suspension wireenaging 14.

Each toil link consists olelength of 1CSlll Wire bent to spproxinistely ll-shape and provided with terminal eyes 15. i

The suspensionwires 4 one shown as provided with seats or kinks 16 that are on.- gsged by the eyesll end 14 of" the starting lii :s 4 end filler links. The suspension wires are devoid of the kinks, although they may he so constructed, if professed, but

generslly, it Will only be necessary to pr0- vide the two outside suspension ires with the seats.

The ends of each of the suspension Wires v are formed into eyes 1;? and 18, the eyes 17 being formed befoie the members of the {some are assembled, end the eyes 18 being formed otter the members of the fabric are assembled. These two sets of eyes engage with inner terminals 19 of coiled, springs 2G, the outer teiminsls of which ore. into endhsrs Zil.

l /hen the elements of the fabric sembled, the yoltes of the starting links are engaged with the inner terminals of the esserohlecl, the eyes 18 of the suspension ore formed and. these are brought into engagement with the hooked terminals of certain of the coiled springs 29, the other hooked are as- I saplings being engage; oy the bends of the tell links'li, the eyes 15 of which are inter-- looped the loops 9 '1 the filler links.

it will he noted, by reference to Fig. 1, that the bridges 6 05 the filler links projeot inwsi'd hetwee side members 8 thereof; and may that This l ridge only to hold sides of the filler links operly spaced apart and in psi'sllelism, hut s ing to the lsbric sidewise, thus materially increasing the resiliency of the-fabric as e whole.

The provision of the seats 16 in the suspension wires 4 is also important, inasmuch as the outer arms of the starting links and filler links will be held against any sliding movement on the wires.

The improvements herein described, While simple in character will be found tl'ioroughly elficient for the purpose designed, and. will co-act in the production of a durable, practical and wear resisting fabric for the purpose stated.

I claim 1. In a fabric such as described, a filler link consisting of a length of resilient wire bent upon itself to provide a curved bridgef minals of which are formed into suspension wire engaging eyes.

2. In a fabric such as described, a filler link comprising two approximately parallel members connected at one end by a curved bridge that projects betweenjhc members and defines in conjunction therewith a pair of loops, the free ends of the members being bent to provide two loops disposed at right angles to the bridge loops and thence projecting in opposite directions from and at approximately right angles to the members to provide attaching arms/the terminals of which are formed into eyes that are disposed at right angles to the attaching arm loops.

3. In a fabric such as described, a starting link consisting of a length of resilient wire bent upon itself to form an approximately V-shaped yoke, the members of which are bent to provide two loops dis osed at right angles to the plane of the yo e and thence projecting in opposite directions from and approximately at right angles to the yoke, the terminals of the members being formed into suspension wire engaging eyes.

4. A fabric such as described, comprising a plurality of starting links having interme diate 100 s, and lateral arms provided with eyes, a p urality of filler links each embodying a curved bridge and a pair of loops to interlock with those of the starting links, and provided further with laterally extending arms having terminal eyes and intermediate loops, tail links having eyes to interlock with the intermediate loops of the filler links, suspension Wires threaded through the eyes of the starting links and filler links, and provided with terminal eyes, the exterior susension wires being provided with seats to e engaged by the eyes of the starting and filler links, end bars, and coiled springs carried by the bars and engaging with the eyes of the suspension wires and the loops of the tail links and starting links.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' FRANK J. CROUCH.

Witnesses:

' HARTLEY D. SM 'rH, JAMES A. BECKER. 

